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Azrad The Incombustible.
It's the stage name that a 17 year old Del Close would use when he ate fire in Dr. Dracula's Magic Horror Show, a travelling horror-comedy show. I stumbled upon it while reading this tribute to Del.
The other improv troupe name that I want to eventually use is
The Public Cretinization Project.
That's what Del and Severn Darden would call themselves when they hit the streets of Chicago, staging elaborate pranks on the unsuspecting citizens of Chicago.
I love that these names A.) inspire the imagination and B.) link directly back to the foundations of the artform. I'm saving them here for the right group of improvisers. A group that I can believe in (or build myself). A group that would appreciate the value of those names or at the very least, understand the value of them, even if they don't care much, themselves.
Someday, I'll give those names to an improv troupe. Someday.
There's one other Improv Troupe name that I also carry around with me, but it's more for my personal amusement than anything else. I don't think that any troupe would want to be saddled with this name, but it still strikes my fancy. Maybe it's best possible use is to present it here for your entertainment too.
Eventually, I want to name an improv troupe...
As Gedde As Watanabe.
Named after this guy, of course. Yep, still funny.
Ha ha.
Cheers,
Mr.B
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